The F I D O N E W S Volume 21, Number 44 01 Nov 2004 +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ | |The newsletter of the | | | | | FidoNet community. | | Crash netmail articles to: | | | | | Editor @ 2:2/2 (+46-31-944907) | | | ____________| | | | | / __ | Routed netmail articles to: | | | / / \ | Bjorn Felten @ 2:203/0 | | | WOOF! ( /|oo \ | | | \_______\(_| /_) | Email attach to: | | _ @/_ \ _ | bfelten @ telia dot com | | | | \ \\ | | | | (*) | \ ))| | | |__U__| / \// | Editor: Bj”rn Felten | | ______ _//|| _\ / | | | / Fido \ (_/(_|(____/ | Newspapers should have no friends. | | (________) (jm) | -- JOSEPH PULITZER | +--------------------------+-----------------------------------------+ Copyright 2004 by Fidonews Editor for Fidonews Globally. Table of Contents 1. FOOD FOR THOUGHT ......................................... 1 2. GENERAL ARTICLES ......................................... 2 Helmut Hullen and Money .................................. 2 3. COMIX IN ASCII ........................................... 4 Computer ................................................. 4 4. IN THE SNOOZE TEN YEARS AGO .............................. 5 THE S.C. ITALIAN FIDOBUST: SIX MONTHS LATER .............. 5 5. FIDONET BY INTERNET ...................................... 9 Fidonet Related Websites ................................. 9 6. ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ................ 10 FIDONet Software References .............................. 10 7. SPECIAL INTEREST ......................................... 15 Nodelist Stats ........................................... 15 8. FIDONEWS INFORMATION ..................................... 17 How to Submit an Article ................................. 17 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability .................. 19 FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 1 1 Nov 2004 ================================================================= FOOD FOR THOUGHT ================================================================= He who asks is a fool for five minutes, but he who does not ask remains a fool forever. - Chinese proverb ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 2 1 Nov 2004 ================================================================= GENERAL ARTICLES ================================================================= Helmut Hullen and Money From: Ward Dossche, 2:292/854 Dear All, Between late-2000 and mid-2002 the then and now former-sysop Helmut Hullen waged an international law-suit against me in order to become re-instated in the Fidonet-nodelist. On June 14th 2002 the court rejected all of the claims of Helmut Hullen with the following arguments: * Plaintif has not established an error by the defendant nor did he succeed to demonstrate having suffered any damage; * Plaintif was not stopped from discussing his perceived situation with others, hence no error by the defendant was demonstrated in this field; * Not-following not yet approved guidelines and internal procedures [i.e. RegPol24 which was approved only at a later date] by the defendant is not an error as described by the Civil Law articles 1382-1383. * The plaintif has not demonstrated in which way he is harmed by the non-communication of people who do not want to communicate with him; * Failing to observe the internal rules of the network [i.e. failing to properly appeal along the *C-chain] and not exhausting the hierarchical opportunities this offers [prior to addressing a court of law] voids the possibility of the plaintif to claim his rights were abused (square brackets contain clarifications not part of the official ruling and were added by me for the benefit of the unsuspecting reader) As a result Helmut Hullen's technical situation was not changed. He remains barred from participation in Fidonet. Some 2-3 months ago Helmut Hullen formally requested to be re-admitted into Fidonet as a point-operator. A civilised exchange of mails occured to allow him the courtessy to present his case. He was informed that through his lawsuit he caused me a cost of 1.403 Euro for my lawyer, this is quite cheap (for our American readers about $1,700). The full-impact of this expenditure which was caused by Helmut Hullen's action was softened by an incredible support-campaign of zone-2 sysops, mainly in region-24, where dozens of people contributed in solidarity to spread that cost over a large group. Mr. Hullen was subsequently informed that it is only civilised that he FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 3 1 Nov 2004 undo the damage which he caused so I offered him my bankaccount for refund of these 1.403 Euros. On October 20th last these 1.403 Euros indeed made it into my bank-account. I now intend to refund the kind contributors from 2002 for their support in the court-proceedings. I understand the following scenarios are possible: * The person who donated money has left Fidonet and wants no part of it; * The person who donated money has left Fidonet and appreciates a refund; * The person who donated money has left Fidonet and cannot be traced; * The person who donated money still is in Fidonet and wants no refund; * The person who donated money still is in Fidonet and appreciates a refund. In the coming weeks I will attempt to contact everybody who is on the list of donors. This list has been made public way back in time so there's no secrecy about the identities involved. Some people remained anonymous but perhaps Udo Zaydowicz, who ran the collection-effort and also left Fidonet in the meantime, can help there. As a result from this communication-effort refunds might be made, though from preliminary contacts I learn that people may also consider funds originating from Helmut Hullen as "blood money" and want no part of. Funds which cannot be returned to their original contributor will henceforth be donated to a worthy humanitarian charity. Non-partisan as well as non-denominational initiatives like the Red Cross, Docters Without Borders, Unicef and others come to mind and will be discussed with the concerned people. As for Helmut Hullen's status in Fidonet, it remains unchanged. Any belief or allegation that a person can buy himself or herself with real money a spot in the nodelist or as a point-operator is hereby reduced to zero. Any allegation of real-life corruption is ridiculous. Thank you everybody for your attention. \%/@rd Dossche ZC/2 ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 4 1 Nov 2004 ================================================================= COMIX IN ASCII ================================================================= Function Key / __n___ | | _________ Main _ | | Floppy disk | ___ | Storage | | ' |=(___)=| - Application Software | | | |_/ /__| | | | INPUT ~~\ \~~~ (____) | | /__/ || |___________ |(___/___________) - User Interface Debugging Tool (__ | \ __ | / || \ / - Central || ) / Processing || OUTPUT -- | ( Unit .-._ || |_________`, o_oo'_) || ~~~~~***&%~ `._ `._ || ###@^&&& `, \ /__\ ._____._ &&&%%## - Overflow //_(_)_/ ~~~~ | o) (I/O error) ~~ (_____,-' Mouse Backup System ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 5 1 Nov 2004 ================================================================= IN THE SNOOZE TEN YEARS AGO ================================================================= THE S.C. ITALIAN FIDOBUST: SIX MONTHS LATER =========================================== Pietropaolo Bianchi, 2:331/307 Former NC331 (93-94) The so called "Italian Fidobust" was not aimed at FidoNet per se after all. Six months later, we have a better appreciation of the whole picture. And before anything else is said, rest assured the Fido community worldwide: Italian Fidonet has NEVER been zeroed, as I read somewhere on Fidonews. Shocked of course and maybe made wiser, but always adherent to the old Heinleinian motto that "the routes must roll". Mailflow never really stopped. We are again some 400 active nodes now, a cooperative, smoothly running region overall. Let me recall the facts. On May 11, 1994, 122 patrols of the "Guardia di Finanza", the financial branch of italian police, knocked at the door of 122 people, mostly but not exclusively Fido sysops or cosysops, in execution of a confiscation warrant issued by the until then unheard-of Chief Prosecutor at Pesaro (nice town of central Italy), Dr. Gaetano Savoldelli-Pedrocchi. The police at Pesaro, within an investigation about prostitution, had observed a heavy going-and-coming of young males from a flat in center town. They had rushed in, only to discover a full software piracy business run by some two Mr. Paolorosso and Mr. Cardinali. Thousands of labeled and properly inventorized floppies in cartons, label printers, Amigas, PCs, and the like. Among the "like", a modem, a Telix (unregisterd copy) and alas, a Telix dialing directory. The Telix dialing directory was the Ariadne's thread that drove Prosecutor Savoldelli's squads in the homes of 122 hobbyists all over Italy in search of accomplices. The warrant cited the possibility that the two pirates acted "together with unknowns" to circulate pirated software, and it imposed to police to "sequester anything apt to the purpose" found at the domiciles of the indagated people. You could have had your BBS called by those two pirates, and automagically you became a suspect pirate too, you got visited by Police, and you had your system sealed and taken away. The large scale of the action forced the police to recruit for the mission any even vaguely computer-literate agent (i.e., able enough to distinguish a printer from a stove). As it quickly became evident, the average knowledgeability of the recuited cop turned out to be not up to the purpose, giving rise to funny and not-so-funny anecdotes. Paolo Borghesi, 2:331/204, a well mannered teenager student of Brescia, had his sleeping room sealed for a few days until the policemen could make their way ahead of it. All too often Mummy had told him "Paolo make order in all this mess". Alfredo Persivale, 2:331/302, the owner of a mechanical factory in Buccinasco, ran his BBS over a LAN connecting his firm's FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 6 1 Nov 2004 administration computers. The whole information system at his plants was put under seal and taken away. He purchased a stock of ballpens and frantically started billing his clients by hand. Giulio Cipriani, 2:331/344, had everything electronically-looking in his home sequestered: computer, modems, CDROM reader and CDROMs, mouse, mousepad, mouse cover, power outlet extension and allegedly, an answering machine. Max Berni, 2:332/301, a prepossessing summer beach-beau in Rimini, whose messages used to be written all guts and nuts, had his system totally sequestered. Following the shock, as soon as he could lay hands on a backup system, his messages regained a totally unexpected logical sense, grammar smoothness and overall readability. Mario Mure', NC332, ran his host on an Amiga. The cops were reported as watching puzzled to his system, trying to issue some infruitful "dir" commands, and eventually taking away everything. His NEC took over him in polling the other NCs the very same night. Walter Mascarin, 2:331/323, was among the happy few visited by knowledgeable policemen. They came, saw, extensively searched, found nothing, went away leaving him with his system intact and a receipt of search performed. Dozens of stories like the above were reported from all corners of the country, all pointing to policemen generally quite polite but not quite competent, with a generalized "take away now, control later" approach. Fidonet being the major amateur network in Italy, if only for statistical reasons Fido nodes (about 30-35: a 10% of the italian net) were the most often struck, thence the popular term "fidobust". However, also co-sysops and points were reportedly visited, and to a lesser degree, non-fido sysops. The region shivered when rumors ran that this wasn't but the first wave of the attack, and that from the logs of the inquired nodes a chain reaction would ensue. A couple of me-too type inquiries soon after the major Fidobust, hitting half a dozen nodes in Turin and one in Taranto (the latter action possibly politically biased against the leftist host of the "Peacelink" Net), strenghtened this impression. On the other hand, a few truly pirate, alternet boards, were surprisingly spared by the first hit. They were reported as having spontaneously "crashed" soon thereafter, though. The busting of many honest nodes and the sparing of some pirate boards seemed to somewhat substantiate the early claims of a few radicals, that behind the attack lay an obscure manoeuvre primarily aimed at wiping off free amateur telematics, rather than against piracy. The contemporary announcement by Olivetti, the major computer manufacturer in Italy, that they would set up a nationwide telematic service named "Italia Online", and the deepest involvement of Italian Prime Mininster and television tycoon Mr. Berlusconi in the FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 7 1 Nov 2004 information media market, made such suspicions, exaggerate they might seem, not theoretically unfounded. So far however no clue of any kind has been reported to substantiate such allegations. Six months after its announcement, Italia Online is still offline, and the roughness of the attack has been definitely ascribed to a poor choice of objectives and methods by the inquirers, who even partially admitted them. A parliament official interrogation on the hit was immediately asked by some radical MP's. Prosecutor Savoldelli kept a press conference to explain the operation. Newspapers and magazines reported on the facts. In this climate, a few sysops definitely pulled the plug. Among them former R33 Founder and long time RC33, Giorgio Rutigliano, who declared: by no means whatever pleasure i can draw from amateur fidonetting balances the risk of being seized by the police. I always have been fully legal and have promoted the fullest legality in the net, and don't deserve this. Amateur telematics game has definitely gone out of control. But for the few who left, the other sysops held on tighter to the RC33, Giancarlo Cairella, who had truly hard days acting as a relay of news and counsels, together with the other *C's and with an attorney sysop. Routes were redesigned where necessary, and mailflow promptly resumed everywhere. Alternets, who had always blamed italian Fidonet as being "obsessive with rules and paranoid about legal issues", got duly frightened and somewhat looked for reapprochment. An "all networks' sysops" conference was established. Over the time, our Region has regained "normality". After examination, one after another, the sequestered systems are being given back to their operators, and messages of the latter restart popping out in the net. Current hot topics have returned to technics, such as V.34 modems, ISDN services and Internet connectivity, about which people are truly going crazy. But in the depth something has changed. We no longer regard ourselves telematicians as a "lucky island" where real life and outer people won't reach. Legal issues are no longer perceived as moral obligations and policy agreements of ours own, but as very material constraints instead. We are fully aware that the fellow sysops seized by police, though having had their materials restituted, may still undergo a process whose outcome nobody can foresee. The law on software and telematics piracy is too recent with little or no antecedents. The only sure thing, whichever the outcome, will be the legal expenses every seized sysop will have to sustain, in the USD 1000 range. On the broader picture, we have become aware of the need for a good legislation on BBS. If being listed on a dialing directory is enough to get inquired, we definitely want a law to back us up. Fido merry times when we described ourselves as a loosely organized anarchy kept together by the nodelist were great times, but for us they are over. FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 8 1 Nov 2004 We need to know where our responsibilities begin and where they end, what to do with users and uploaders, if we are forced to surely identify them or not, and if so, how. We want to know from law scholars if not reading in transit mail makes us liable of omitted vigilance, or if reading it makes us liable of privacy violation. We ask clearcut criteria for allowing or not allowing crypted messages, we want to know who's is the final responsibility for echomail offending messages, and so on. The benefit of all this clash is that our debates now go beyond the rather futile "long signature" and "commercial message" issues, and attain to some more basic rights, and profounder questions. Our story made noise, and together with other social and political organizations we are given the opportunity to influence the establishment of a good law on telematic messaging, and we'll work on this. The debate is running and we will be glad to share our conclusions with the rest of fidonet community when we reach consensus or obtain some favourable legislation. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 9 1 Nov 2004 ================================================================= FIDONET BY INTERNET ================================================================= Fidonet Related Websites Thom LaCosta 1:261/1352 One approach to tracking and viewing Fidonet related websites is to visit webrings that specialize in Fidonet. A webring is a method where sites having a common theme advertise other websites with simailar themes. The advantage to the webring concept is that in theory, the sites have an interest in maintaining an accuate listing and can modify their own listings on a site by site basis. It appears that there are two fidonet webrings....the long-running system at http://b.webring.com/hub?ring=fidonet and another at http://www.fidonet.us/fidoring/ The ring at webring.com is larger, but forces the viewer to look at google ads panels. The smaller ring at fidonet.us does not dpend on adverstising revenue from ads. Sysops with Fidonet related websites should consider joining one or both rings. Thom ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 10 1 Nov 2004 ================================================================= ROBERT COUTURE'S FIDONET SOFTWARE LISTING ================================================================= -=:{ FIDONet Software Reference }:=- Type: M=Mailer T=Tosser B=BBS D=Door C=Comm/Terminal P=Points E=Editor I=Internet U=Utility ?=Info .- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -. |Software: Author |Type |URL, Contact, Ver, Notes Help Node| `- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -' Argus |MI |http://www.ritlabs.com/argus/ 2:469/84 | | argus@ritlabs.com Tel: 373-2-246889 | | v3.210 on Mar 20th 2001 BinkleyTerm XE |M |http://btxe.sourceforge.net 1:1/102 | | v2.60XE/Gamma-6 on Nov 11th 1998 BinkD |MI |http://2f.ru/binkd/ | | maloff@corbina.net | | v0.94 on Jul 24th 2000 (Outdated) FIDO-Deluxe IP |MPUI |http://www.fido-deluxe.de.vu 2:2432/280 Michael Haase | | m.haase@gmx.net | | v2.4 on Sep 26th 2003 FrontDoor, FD/APX: |MTPC |http://www.defsol.se 2:201/330 Definite Solutions | | sales@defsol.se 1:1/101 | | v2.26SW & v2.33ml FD, v1.15 APX Husky Project |MTPUI|http://sf.net/projects/husky/ | | v1.4 RC2 on Sep 22nd 2003 Radius |MI |http://radius.pp.ru 2:5012/38 (based on Argus) | | fido5012@zaural.net Tel: 7-3522-469463 | | v4.009 on Jan 2nd 2003 Taurus |MI |http://taurus.rinet.ru 2:461/701 (based on Radius) | | E-mail: taurus@rinet.ru | | v5.000 alpha on Oct 11th 2004 Tmail |MI |http://www.tmail.spb.ru v2608 | | Website is in Russian only WildCat! Interactive |MTBEI|http://www.santronics.com Net Server, Platinum| | sales@santronics.com Xpress: Santronics | | Tel: (305) 248-3204 Software, Inc. | | AUP 451.1 on April 26th 2004 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Fidogate |TUI |http://www.fidogate.org | | Martin_Junius@m-j-s.net v4.4.10 FMail |T |http://fmail.nl.eu.org FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 11 1 Nov 2004 | | support@fmail.nl.eu.org v1.60 JetMail: JetSys |TU |http://www.jetsys.de js@jetsys.de (ATARI ST only) | | v1.01 on Jan 1st 2000 Squish |T |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/ | | Lanuis site redirects to above | | Squish is part of Maximus. +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ BBBS |BI |http://www.bbbs.net b@bbbs.net | | v4.00MP on Oct 25th 1999 2:22/222 ELEBBS: The Elevator |B |http://www.elebbs.com Software Production | | elebbs@elebbs.com | | v0.10.RC1 on Jun 9th 2002 EZYCom BBS |BT |http://homepages.ihug.com.au/~dcbbs/ | | pjs@optushome.com.au 3:633/104 | | v2.0 on 3 May 2003 Hermes II Project |B |http://www.hermesii.org | | info@HermesII.org v3.5.9 Beta Final Maximus BBS |B |http://maximus.sourceforge.net/ | | v3.03 MBSE BBS: |BI |http://mbse.sourceforge.net 2:280/2802 Michiel Broek | | mbroek@users.sourceforge.net | | v0.60.0 on June 5th 2004 Mystic BBS |B |http://www.mysticbbs.com | | v1.07.3 on May 13th 2001 Nexus BBS |B |http://www.nexusbbs.net | | groberts@nexusbbs.net | | v0.99.41-Beta on Oct 16th 2002 | | [Note: No Longer under active | | development.] Proboard BBS |B |http://www.proboard.be | | v2.17 on Jun 9th 2002 RemoteAccess BBS: |B |http://www.rapro.com 1:1/120 Bruce Morse | | bfmorse@rapro.com | | v2.62.2SW Spitfire BBS: Buffalo|B |http://www.angelfire.com/ia/buffalo/ Creek Software | | MDWoltz@aol.com 1:1/150 | | v3.6 on Aug 20th 1999 Synchronet BBS |BT |http://www.synchro.net | | sysop(at)vert(dot)synchro(dot)net | | v3.10L Beta FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 12 1 Nov 2004 Telegard BBS |B |http://www.telegard.net | | support@telegard.net | | v3.09g2 SP4 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ Atlantis Software |D |http://www.jimmyrose.com/atlantis/ | | Last Update: August 2004 Cheepware: |D |http://outpostbbs.us/cheepware.html Sean Dennis | | hausmaus@midnightshour.org 1:11/200 DDS (Doorware |D |http://www.doorgames.org 1:2404/201 Distribution System)| | ruth@doorgames.org Ruth Argust | | DoorMUD |D |http://doormud.com | | v0.98 Jun 1st 2002 | | Website is down after | | past the splash page. Jibben Software |D |http://www.jibbensoftware.com | | scott@jibben.com | | 1995-99 Release dates John Dailey Software |D |http://www.johndaileysoftware.com | | support@johndaileysoftware.com Shining Star |D |http://www.shiningstar.net/bbsdoors/ | | nannette@shiningstar.net Sunrise Doors: |D |http://www.sunrisedoors.com Al Lawrence | | al@sunrisedoors.com | | Tel: (404) 256-9518 The Brainex System |D |http://www.brainex.com/brainex_system/ | | stanley@brainex.com 1994-99 Releases Trade Wars |D |http://www.eisonline.com/tradewars/ | | jpritch@eisonline.com | | v3.09 (DOS-32) in 2002 Vagabond Software: |D |http://www.vbsoft.org 1:124/7013 Bryan Turner | | vagabond@vbsoft.org | | last update: Jul 17th 2002 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ APoint |PI |http://www.apoint-mail.de | |http://www.apoint-mail.de/indexe.htm | | (English Version) | | dirk.pokorny@apoint-mail.de | | v1.25 2:2426/1210.13 CrossPoint (XP) |P |http://www.crosspoint.de (German Only) | | pm@crosspoint.de v3.12d Dec 22nd 1999 FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 13 1 Nov 2004 FreeXP |P |http://www.freexp.de 2:2433/460 | | support@freexp.de | | v3.40 RC3 Aug 31st 2003 (Snapshot) OpenXP/32 |PI |http://www.openxp.com 2:248/2004 | | (Site is in German Only) | | mk@openxp.de v3.8.15 Beta Feb 10th 2004 | | Download Page comes back 404 not found. +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ GoldEd+ |E |http://mik.nu/golded-plus/ 2:203/6600 | | v1.1.5 Snapshot on Feb 28th 2003 SqEd32 |E |http://www.sqed.de | | v1.15 on Dec 15th 1999 TimEd |E |http://blizzard.dnsalias.org/fidonet | | mail@ozzmosis.com /timed | | v1.11.a5 in March 2003 3:633/267 +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ GiGo |UI |http://www.gigo.com | | v0109 on Jan 9th 1997 Internet Rex: |UI |http://members.shaw.ca/InternetRex/ Charles Cruden | | telnet://xanadubbs.ca 1:342/806 (Khan Software) | | v2.29 on Oct 21st 2001 TransNet |UI |http://www.ressl.com.ar/transnet/ | | transnet@ressl.com.ar | | v2.11 on Jul 18th 1998 TransX: Multiboard |UI |http://www.start.ca/software/multiboard Communications, Inc.| | Unsure about support now but Free Keys | | are now available. Donations accepted. | | v3.5 (Note: KeyGen is a Windows Program) +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ National BBS List |? | http://www.usbbs.org Hispanic FIDO/BBS's |? | http://www.conecta2.org/pucela_bbs/ (in Spanish only) | | (Extensive software & BBS Listings) +- - - - - - - - - - -+- - -+- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -+ File Archives: http://archives.thebbs.org http://www.filegate.net http://sysopscorner.thebbs.org http://www.juge.com http://www.dmine.com/bbscorner/ http://garbo.uwasa.fi http://www.simtel.net http://wuarchive.wustl.edu http://hobbes.nmsu.edu Note: most also provide FTP access FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 14 1 Nov 2004 (use ftp:// instead of http:// above) *=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=*=.=*=-=* Please send corrections & additions to: Robert Couture, 1:229/2000 E-Mail: rpa4email (at) rogers (dot) com Telnet: runekeep.darktech.org (Leave Feedback as Guest or create an account) Emeritus: Ben Ritchey, Todd Cochrane, Frank Vest, Peter Popovich ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 15 1 Nov 2004 ================================================================= SPECIAL INTEREST ================================================================= Nodelist Stats Input nodelist nodelist.303 size 842.4kb date 2004-10-29 The nodelist has 7043 nodes in it and a total of 9672 non-comment entries including 6 zones 47 regions 389 hosts 490 hubs admin overhead 932 ( 13.23 %) and 1090 private nodes 275 nodes down 332 nodes on hold off line overhead 1697 ( 24.09 %) Speed summary: >9600 = 623 ( 8.85 %) 9600 = 6062 ( 86.07 %) (HST = 122 or 2.01 %) (CSP = 0 or 0.00 %) (PEP = 1 or 0.02 %) (MAX = 0 or 0.00 %) (HAY = 1 or 0.02 %) (V32 = 3192 or 52.66 %) (V32B = 269 or 4.44 %) (V34 = 4128 or 68.10 %) (V42 = 3502 or 57.77 %) (V42B = 270 or 4.45 %) 2400 = 63 ( 0.89 %) 1200 = 9 ( 0.13 %) 300 = 286 ( 4.06 %) ISDN = 561 ( 7.97 %) ---------------------------------------------------------- File Req Flag Applicable software Number of systems ---------------------------------------------------------- XA Frontdoor <1.99b 2319 Frontdoor 2.02+ Dutchie 2.90c Binkleyterm >2.1 D'Bridge <1.3 TIMS Xenia -------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 16 1 Nov 2004 XB Binkleyterm 2.0 9 Dutchie 2.90b -------------------------------------- XC Opus 1.1 8 -------------------------------------- XP Seadog 5 -------------------------------------- XR Opus 1.03 39 -------------------------------------- XW Fido >12M 287 Tabby KittenMail -------------------------------------- XX D'Bridge 1.30 3133 Frontdoor 1.99b Intermail 2.01 T-Mail -------------------------------------- None QMM 1243 -------------------------------------- CrashMail capable = 2153 ( 30.57 %) MailOnly nodes = 3942 ( 55.97 %) Listed-only nodes = 552 ( 7.84 %) Other = 396 ( 5.62 %) [Report produced by NETSTATS - A PD pgm available from 1:106/100] [ Revised by B Felten, 2:203/208] ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 17 1 Nov 2004 ================================================================= FIDONEWS INFORMATION ================================================================= How to Submit an Article If you wish to submit an article for inclusion in the Fidonews, here are some guidelines, if you send it as an attached file; the preferred method if you want reasonable control over how the published article will appear in the Fidonews: a) Plain ASCII text. If you could type it on your keyboard, it's probably quite OK. No line may be longer than 70 characters. b) Put a title to the article. Put the title in two times. The first time, on the first line, with an * before it. The second time, on the second line, without the * and centered. This will help in the format since the title with the * is removed and used in the index, the second line will become the headline. On the third line, put your name and FidoNet address, present or former. If former, you may want to add some other address where you can be reached for personal comments. c) Deadline for article submission is Sunday, 12:00 UTC. Help the Editor by following the above guides. Below are some subjects and the file extension for the article as set in the configuration file for the making of the Fidonews. Please help by putting the file extension of the correct subject on the file name if known.. Ideas for Subject areas: Subject File | Subject File ----------------------------------|---------------------------------- From the *C's *.css | Rebuttals to articles *.reb Fidonet Regional News *.reg | Fidonet Net News *.net Retractions *.rtx | General Fidonet Articles *.art Guest Editorial *.gue | Fidonet Current Events *.cur Fidonet Interviews *.inv | Fidonet Software Reviews *.rev Fidonet Web Page Reviews *.web | Fidonet Notices *.not Getting Fidonet Technical *.ftc | Question Of The Week *.que Humor in a Fido Vein *.hfv | Comix in ASCII *.cmx Fidonet's Int. Kitchen *.rec | Poet's Corner *.poe Clean Humor & Jokes *.jok | Other Stuff *.oth Fidonet Classified Ads *.ads | Corrections *.cor Best of Fidonet *.bof | Letters to the Editor *.let If you don't know or are not sure, send the article anyway. Put a .TXT on it and I'll try to figure out where it should be in the Fidonews. If you follow these simple guidelines, there should be little problem in getting your article published. If your submission is too far out of specs for the Fidonews, it will be returned to you and/or a message sent informing you of the problem. This DOES NOT mean that your article is not accepted. It means that there is something in it that I can not fix and I need your help on it. FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 18 1 Nov 2004 Send articles via e-mail or netmail, file attach or message to: Bj”rn Felten Fidonet 2:2/2 E-Mail bfelten @ telia dot com IMPORTANT! If you send the article via e-mail, make sure you put the word "fidonews" somewhere in the subject line! That way it will always pass the spam filter, ending up in the proper folder. Please include a message, telling me that you have sent an article. That way I will know to look for it. ----------------------------------------------------------------- FIDONEWS 21-44 Page 19 1 Nov 2004 Credits, Legal Infomation, Availability + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- FIDONEWS STAFF - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- + | | | Editor: Bj”rn Felten, 2:2/2 | | Crash mail attached: Editor@2:2/2 | | E-Mail attached: bfelten @ telia dot com | | Webmaster: Jim Barchuk, jb@fidonews.org | | Columnist: Frank Vest - Frank's Column | | | + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- + + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- - EDITORS EMERITI - -- -- -- -- -- -- -- + | | | Tom Jennings, Thom Henderson, Dale Lovell, Vince | | Perriello, Tim Pozar, Sylvia Maxwell, Donald Tees, | | Christopher Baker, Zorch Frezberg, Henk Wolsink, | | Doug Meyers, Warren D. Bonner, Frank L. Vest | | | + -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- -- + Fidonews is published weekly by and for the members of Fidonet. 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